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... 14 for 2 days including helmet and boots. We also hired a ski instructor for £30 for 2 days 4 hours per day. A car was essential as we stayed 8km away from Borovets, so we hired a van for £140.

We arrived to Sofia 12 in the afternoon, picked up a car and spend 3 hours in Sofia. It was interesting as there was a strong spirit of Soviet Union, the buildings, the souvenirs. There are many nice churches and cathedrals and they are a close walk from ...

The room was a bit cool re the a/c overnight so up at 0600. Time passed until brekkie. Suggested to Red somebody probably pushed Daniela without asking the group to move the final group meal to tonight. I've done 45 to 50 group trips and every one of them has has a final group meal on the final night of the trip. I'm happy to miss it, the chemistry just not there in any event.

I think the switch has nothing to do with the Explore flight people leaving early. ...

10 of us jumped into two private buses this morning with our driver, Jorgi again, to drive up the nearby ski resort of Mt Vihen, at around 2500 metres. Our guide, Kraski, was a local ski instructor. He had won three bronze and one silver in the Bulgarian downhill and slalom so a pretty fit character. He took us for a half an hour walk up the hillside to a lake, through the snow.

... end. The locals first scrub down their laundry on the concrete bench nearby, then throw it all into the bucket, let Mother Nature do its thing, then hang all their intimates up on the nearby drying racks. Today, one of the locals, was doing their carpets. How they do this in the middle of the winter when there's 3 metres of snow is anyone's guess.

We later got back on our private bus and drove to the nearby ski resort of Bansko. Bansko is like any ...

We hiked up to Ivan Rila's tomb. Had some time on our own with the ward who introduced us to the tame robins that flew on my hand. Many Bulgarians come up to this place for religious reasons, leave whishes in the wall, fetch source's water. Interesting to see where the Orthodox Church leaves room for connectedness with nature. I however don't believe that Ivan slept in this cave for 7 years without even preparing himself a mattress. ...